Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2012 December 1

= December 1 =

Hector Luis Camacho Sr. Jr. and III
The recently deceased boxer Hector Camacho was born Héctor Luis Camacho. According to our article, his father had the same name, and our article has at least one source calling his father Hector. I saw a source calling his father Hector Camacho Sr, but cannot find it again. (I believe the name was a caption in the video, not text. But the Boxer also had a son of the same name, Hector Luis Camacho Jr, born in 1978.  What I'd like to find out is the deceased boxer's father's full name, and if there are any legal documents calling the deceased boxer himself Camacho Sr.  Given the identical names, normally the grandfather would be Sr, the dead son Jr., and the grandson "the third".  Any Idea how I can verify this information from the public record?  Thanks.
 * This biography says his father's middle name is not Luis, but begins with a "T". No idea how reliable that is, though. Clarityfiend (talk) 07:47, 1 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Only one other website gives that name, boxingscene, and it is a wiki, but it gives a clue and would explain the discrepancy if it is correct.


 * Would anybody know if there are searchable databases of public records like Camacho's arrests, birth, marriage or death certificates that would be verifiable on line? μηδείς (talk) 17:16, 1 December 2012 (UTC)


 * AFAIK, birth and death records and the like are kept private for a considerable amount of time. I know that census tracts aren't available until 100 years after the census.  Different states have different laws, but a perusal through this google search seems to indicate that it ranges from 80-100 years after the person's birth.  -- Jayron  32  00:20, 2 December 2012 (UTC)
 * The U.S. Census records are released 72 years later, not 100. We just got the 1940 census this year. Rmhermen (talk) 03:46, 2 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Surprising, I would have thought both would be public. How about his Florida and Mississippi arrest records?  They available for free? μηδείς (talk) 01:05, 2 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Certain federal records, such as census, draft registration and social security death index, are uniformly available, within the boundaries of authorized time frames (e.g. the census details only available for 1940 and earlier). The free availability of various state records seems to vary considerably from state to state. Some states are very generous with their information. Others, you have to pay. Likewise with newspaper archives. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 05:22, 2 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Well, I guessed that it varied state by state. I am, afterall, a merickan.  Does anybody have any hints for MS and FL, where we know he was booked?  Cause when I search them states I get pay sites as the top hundert answers. μηδείς (talk) 05:43, 2 December 2012 (UTC)
 * I am going to ask about arrest records at the humanities desk, so we can consider this thread closed, thanks for the responses. μηδείς (talk) 01:52, 3 December 2012 (UTC)